Is HA/AA build worth it?... IF

Annabella - Heavens Tear
Annabella - Heavens Tear Posts: 79 Arc User
edited February 2011 in Venomancer
Hey as you can see I'm lvl 92 Veno, and I also invested in a Herc and a Nix, but I'm thinking about restating to HA/AA based on Rei's guide in fact I even bought the ornaments I needed (for a very cheap price) that give me the stat attributes I need to wear my current weapon, so I really do understand how to make this work, but is it worth the 25 gold/dollars to restat when I could just start a new Veno and go from there? Even though I would have no nix/herc and no good gears to help me stay current with my magic weapon... HELP!

P.S-I'm very experienced at playing a Veno, so I know how this works (I read the entire Reikara's guide sticky), I just need to know if it's worth it.
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  • gelnd
    gelnd Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Won't you need to restat anyways, even if you start a HA veno from level 1? Considering the fact that your gear will change as you level, you'll be using different +stat sets with different add-ons, meaning the points you distribute to fit one set will not fit another later on...
  • tweakz
    tweakz Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Less than the cost of a single dragon orb ocean to restat and you think leveling would be easier than that small cost?
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  • Regenbogen - Lost City
    Regenbogen - Lost City Posts: 1,559 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    1. dont go HA/AA unless you have a +10 weapon(at lv90 only beamhoof slicer would be worth refining that high anyways)
    2. dont do it until your armors are at least +5
    3. full magic veno with rank8 < nirvana < rank9 (garnets&jade of steady defense for pvp) = endgame
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  • Shifong - Heavens Tear
    Shifong - Heavens Tear Posts: 409 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    tweakz wrote: »
    Less than the cost of a single dragon orb ocean to restat and you think leveling would be easier than that small cost?

    this. If you decide to go HA/AA. Chooce to reset, starting from scratch is more expensive.

    Also i'm a full time HA/AA veno as in i never wear one type only. I only swap around my vambraces. And it's worth it as long as it suits your play style and you have the gear to back it up.
    To me the strong point is having in general a high pdef AND mdef. Many HA veno's are weak simply because they lack the mdef. I got a +10 nirvana weapon and still my attack is not very strong. So that's one of the weak points of this build. But a veno is one of the weakest dd's to begin with anyway. In TW our job is to debuff and in PvE nowadays, we deal more damage indirectly by spamming amplify damage on bosses. The advantage i get from my build is, i can ninja dd/debuff more easily. I can take bigger "risks" and i can even tank bosses where my pet can't take aggro back. So i feel i'm actually more useful as a hybrid veno doing it's job no matter the circumstances.
    One other big weak point we have is our HP... But like i said, the build works if you can back it up with decent gear.

    And to those mentioning jade of steady defence, +10 refines etc. I agree that it would be better as endgame. But not everyone has the desire to spend their life savings or spend 24 hours in game farming or merching their gear up. :P
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  • LShattered - Heavens Tear
    LShattered - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,365 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    I wouldn't do it if you can't afford to refine armor to atleast +6 and your wep to +10.

    I can't, but this isn't my "main" veno. I have a level 100 AA one.
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  • Regenbogen - Lost City
    Regenbogen - Lost City Posts: 1,559 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Shifong - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    this. If you decide to go HA/AA. Chooce to reset, starting from scratch is more expensive.

    Also i'm a full time HA/AA veno as in i never wear one type only. I only swap around my vambraces. And it's worth it as long as it suits your play style and you have the gear to back it up.
    To me the strong point is having in general a high pdef AND mdef. Many HA veno's are weak simply because they lack the mdef. I got a +10 nirvana weapon and still my attack is not very strong. So that's one of the weak points of this build. But a veno is one of the weakest dd's to begin with anyway. In TW our job is to debuff and in PvE nowadays, we deal more damage indirectly by spamming amplify damage on bosses. The advantage i get from my build is, i can ninja dd/debuff more easily. I can take bigger "risks" and i can even tank bosses where my pet can't take aggro back. So i feel i'm actually more useful as a hybrid veno doing it's job no matter the circumstances.
    One other big weak point we have is our HP... But like i said, the build works if you can back it up with decent gear.

    And to those mentioning jade of steady defence, +10 refines etc. I agree that it would be better as endgame. But not everyone has the desire to spend their life savings or spend 24 hours in game farming or merching their gear up. :P

    i don't have either i am arcane vit build with 5.5k hp
    tt90 green, some oht with pdef adds...tt99 glaive...
    everything at most +3...
    i sacrificed lots of damage...

    but nowadays rank8/9+12 comes by 1shots me...eh...b:irritated
    i am waiting for you my little flagcarriers b:kiss

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